Five Maximizer Moves from Shaun T

Trust and believe these moves will transform your workout.

You probably know him as the creator of the at-home fitness workouts Insanity and T25. Now, Shaun T wants to inspire you to go further in your own workouts and to use your fitness journey to transform your life.

Do these five total-body, calorie-torching moves at the beginning or at the end of any workout and maximize your results. Perform each move for one minute, and as Shaun T always says, trust and believe that you can dig deeper. (Read more about Shaun T in 24Life!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UfrJd1UyKI

Knee Tap, Toe Touch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hLo9ums1a8

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Lift your left knee above your waist and tap your right hand to your knee as you do, engaging your core. Return to standing.
• Kick your left foot out and reach with your right hand to touch your left toes, engaging your core. Return to standing.
• Repeat the knee tap and toe touch with your right knee and left hand.
• Continue the knee tap and toe touch combination, alternating sides, for one minute.

Adductor Squat Pulse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea-r-4uPZgQ

• Step your feet out wider than shoulder-width apart and sit in a deep squat position with your arms extended out for balance, engaging your core and shoulders.
• Step your left foot in next to your right foot, and sit in an adductor squat.
• Step your left foot back out to sit in a full squat position.
• Step your right foot in next to your left foot, and sit in an adductor squat.
• Step your right foot back out to your full squat, and do two pulses.
• Continue to step in from a wide squat and sit in an adductor squat for each side, then step out and pulse twice, for one minute.

Split-Step Jack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNLQXOwDIY

• Stand with feet hip-width apart.
• Jump both feet out into a jack position while raising both arms above your head.
• Jump back in, lowering your arms, and split your feet with your right foot forward and left foot back.
• Jump back in, then jump out into a jack position with your arms in the air; jump back in and split your feet again with your left foot forward and right foot back.
• Repeat the sequence for one minute.

Squat Scissor Plyo Jump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdU8LjSq-3E

• Start in a deep squat position with your back flat and both hands touching the floor in between your feet.
• Jump up in the air and return to a squat position with both hands touching the floor.
• Jump in the air and scissor your left foot in front of your right foot, then land in a squat position with both hands touching the floor.
• Repeat the squat jump; repeat the scissor jump with your left foot in front of your right.
• Continue the squat and scissor jump combination, alternating sides, for one minute.

Dynamic Lunge Stretch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQoeyBkdy2M

• Stand with your feet more than shoulder-width apart, turn to your right and drop into a deep lunge, touching the floor with your right hand and engaging your core and obliques.
• Engage your quad and glutes by driving your heel into the floor and slightly lifting your toes.
• Return to starting position and repeat on the other side. Continue, alternating, for one minute.

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